CVE-2012-5363
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 20, 2020 at 02:24 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFreeBSDNetBSD
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
The IPv6 implementation in FreeBSD and NetBSD (unknown versions, year 2012 and earlier) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a flood of ICMPv6 Neighbor Solicitation messages, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2393.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/10/12VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56170/infoCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400
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